The Ames Crater impact
site is one of only six oil
producing craters in the
United States. The museum
is the only museum of its
kind in the United States.




The Ames Crater is one
of the largest producing
craters producing 17.4
million barrels of oil and
79.5 billion cubic feet
of natural gas.

Harold Hamm and the scientific team at Continental Resources conducted seismic surveys to confirm the theory that a circular structure was an ancient meteorite-impact crater.